Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

“That is just not possible. We have never compromised on the quality of our raw materials. This is business, Alix. If we give you low quality stuff, then your designs get affected and ultimately, won’t the Kang family’s reputation suffer as a business too?” Yuze countered her with a grim expression.

Alix smiled with a notorious twinkle in her eyes. “This is where it gets interesting. Your company doesn’t suffer because the Ren family isn’t the

only

family you are supplying your fabric too. There are other private designers and firms as your safety net. So even if I fail, you have tons of fish to choose from in the sea.

But I – the Ren company only relies on you. That’s the exclusive contract which binds me from contacting other manufacturers. So if our sole supplier gives us shitty stuff, then where are we supposed to go?”

Alix sharply asked, “How does it work that we are bound by exclusivity but not you? So in the end, I always end up in a loss but not the Kang family.”

His eyes widened. “You don’t understand-” freewёbnoνel.com

“Don’t go that way, Kang Yuze. I understand plenty. I didn’t come here to baselessly blame you and make a fool out of myself. Before coming here, I went to my company’s warehouse and checked the stock myself.”

From a small paper bag, Alix took out three pieces of fabrics. She placed it before him, all three side by side.

“These are the samples of the fabric that has been sent to us. I took one from six months ago, the second from three months ago and the third one that just came from a fresh batch last week.”

Yuze scrutinized the pieces of fabric in his hand very carefully and stayed silent for sometime. His eyes would squint at some points but overall his countenance didn’t change much.

“Did you have a revelation?”

“…I understand that the one from six months ago has a little rough texture. But I don’t see a problem with the other two.”

She raised her brow. “Are you sure?”

She let that question hang in the air for a few moments, but Yuze didn’t seem rattled.

“Yes.”

Alix sneered. She pointed at the top left corner of the sample where three small threads loosely hung outside.

“You don’t see these tiny threads fraying out? What do you think will happen to the end product after all the designing and finishing if the source itself is on the verge of tearing away? It doesn’t last and then one blame falls upon us that we did a design too heavy and unsuitable for the raw material to withstand. Seriously? Since when did you start making delicate fabric? The edges should be smooth but are frayed out.”

She then tapped on the third fabric. “You think nothing is wrong here? The color is all wrong. We were sent a magenta shade cloth but just after two washes – two

delicate

washes, the fabric already got changed to a dull pink shade. And now once again, the Ren family gets blamed for this. Are we using some chemicals for our designing process that bleaches off the original color? We don’t. I exactly know how we design. That’s why I know that we are served substandard quality.”

Yuze’s lips pressed into a thin line. He stared at three samples again and pressed his temple.

“You are right…This shouldn’t be the quality of raw materials going out of our manufacturing units. There has been a lapse and I will make sure-”

“I don’t care about your corrective actions,” she cut him off. “I am more curious to know that the Kang family has been sending such quality to us for close to two years now. In the end, you also waste a lot of stock and resources with such quality that should incur you some losses too, yet this remains undiscovered?

For the entire two years, forget about my idiot sister – not even you stopped to think where the issue was? You never figured out problems with the quality checks at your units? You didn’t get reports? And how is it that only I got such quality? The other designers and companies you are contracted with don’t see a problem. Their market is still flourishing. They are not in any losses so why is only my family tanking?”

Her sharp, pointed questions were piercing to hear and before the evidence, Yuze felt helpless.

“Alix, trust me. I have never slacked in my job. Somebody in my line of report is messing up and I promise that I will find it out and resolve it.”

“No need,” she rejected his idea.

He looked puzzled. “What do you mean?”

“I didn’t come here for your sorry or your measures. I came here for two things. First, you owe us compensation for the low standard of materials you sent me because of which my business seriously declined. I want to get that check. Don’t worry. I have done the calculation for you in case your finance department would try to mess up this time.”

His brow twitched hard. The lack of trust in her voice was painfully evident.

She smiled. “Good. I thought I would have to fight you for that. Secondly, I came here to end the exclusive contract.”

His eyes widened at that demand. “What? That’s…Alix, don’t be hasty. I know there has been serious mistakes from my side but I assure I will rectify it-”

She raised her palm. “No. I will be taking the CEO position of the company and I cannot afford to rely on a single manufacturer. It was so stupid in the first place. I don’t know why my parents and sister even agreed to this. Having backup and multiple sources is always paramount. This is business. There is no need for feelings to get hurt here.”

“You don’t get it. With the state of your company, you won’t get a manufacturer to work with you anyway. Even with my compensation, you won’t have enough money to cut out that deal. Definitely not multiple deals if you are looking to score multiple suppliers, which you are.”

Alix raised her brow and stayed quiet. The latter part of his argument was definitely true. The Ren family really lacked reputation and money.

Yuze tried to explain patiently. “That’s why please think about it. You will fall into an even deeper pit if you end your contract with us.”

“Hm, you bring some valid arguments.”

Yuze nodded.

“Currently, I lack the reputation and money. Reputation – I will give it some thought of how to go about it. But money…” she chuckled with an evil ring, “Money is the least of my problems.”

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“I need you to loan me twenty million.” Enjoy new adventures at freewebnovel

Alix put out her request with a dead serious expression.

Jin, who was working his first day of office as the CEO of the Liu Corps, looked up at her with a dry stare from his seat.

“Sorry, I don’t think I got that right. Did you just say that you want me to loan you twenty million?”

“Yup.”

“…”